AS A JUNIOR IN 2013 Team tri-captain ... UC Santa Barbara Asics Invitational All-Tournament Team ... UCSDtritons.com Athlete of the Week (1/7).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2012 Showed dramatic improvement from freshman season, ascending so far as to earn just the third Sports Imports/AVCA Men’s Division I-II National Player of the Week (4/3) and third MPSF Molten Player of the Week (4/2) recognition in UCSD program history ... Awards came after back-to-back double-digit kill performances during the Tritons’ five-match win streak, with 12 vs. UCLA (3/30) to go along with nine digs and 13 more vs. UC Santa Barbara (3/31) on a season-best .632 (13-1-19) hitting with six digs and two aces ... Produced at least 12 kills, 13.5 points and six digs in four of the five victories during the streak ... One of two players with 28 starts, appearing in 103 sets ... Was 42nd in the nation in kills per set (2.84) ... Second on the team in kills and points, and third in aces and digs ... Broke out with a season-best and match-high 25 kills vs. BYU (2/11) ... Match highs of 22 kills and 24.5 points alongside season-best-tying totals of nine digs and four blocks in a 3-2 win vs. NJIT (1/14) ... Had 18 kills vs. Princeton (2/1), 16 vs. Stanford (2/18), 15 vs. Long Beach State (2/25) and 14 in a 3-2 win at Hope International (2/3) ... Completed year with 15 matches with double-digit kill totals ... MPSF All-Academic ... Shared team’s Most Improved award with Garrett Dempsey.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2011 Saw limited action, playing in 16 matches and 40 sets ... Totaled two kills, a dig, a block and 2.5 points at No. 2 BYU (2/25).

CLUB Played for OC Riptides through 2009 and then for Manhattan Beach Surf in 2010 ... Named to Junior Olympics All-Tournament Team in 2007 and again in 2009 ... Won JO gold with the Riptides in 2007 and with the Surf in 2010 ... Team took bronze in 2009.

HIGH SCHOOL A 2010 graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles ... An All-CIF First Team and All-Mission League First Team selection as a senior in 2010 ... Cubs were national, state and CIF champions in 2009 and state and CIF champions in 2010.

PERSONAL Born Jan. 26, 1992 in Santa Monica ... Parents are Denny Lennon and Gena Valdez ... Father is the athletics director at The Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles ... Has two younger siblings, a sister named Ciena Lennon and a brother named Tino Valdez ... Stepmother played volleyball at New Mexico State ... A cognitive science with specialization in human cognition major at Sixth College ... Career goals include competing on the FIVB Beach Volleyball or AVP tours, and attending graduate school to continue studying cognitive science ... Counts winning CIF his senior year in high school in front of a packed arena and family members as a memorable volleyball moment, and beating UCLA at home in 2012 as his favorite UCSD moment ... Enjoys fishing and reading ... A fan of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dodgers and Kings ... Listens to Cake ... Lists the late John Wooden as an influence.